GNCCLive - Rd 8 Wiseco John Penton Bike

TimeSunday, June 8, 2014 | 1:00 PMStopwatch3 hrs

The John Penton is one of the longest-running GNCCs around, and it's held at Sunday Creek Raceway, a popular motocross track in Southern Ohio. The event is named after one of the pioneers of off-road motorcycle racing in America, as John Penton is the man who originally imported the KTM motorcycle from Austria into the United States. In fact, they even called them ‘Pentons’ back then, since John created so many improvements for the machines.

You must plan for the weather at this event. It's an awesome place to race, but it's often either bone-dry and dusty or covered in sticky Ohio mud. And sometimes it's both! That slick Ohio clay will provide little traction if it’s wet, and it will stick all over your gear and your machine. You’ve got to be tough to survive this one if it rains.